India, March 8 -- New Zealander Brett Randell has become the first player in the history of first-class cricket to take five wickets in five balls. The medium pacer didn't stop just there. His sixth wicket came off his eighth delivery and his seventh off his 12th.

On day two of the sixth round match at McLean Park against Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield, Central Districts' Randell etched his name in history with an extraordinary overall figures of 7/25. In the history of the Central Districts, only Bryan Yuile now has better figures than him in an innings. In 1966, Yuile picked up 9/100 for the Central Stags.

In reply to Central Districts' 373, fuelled by wicketkeeper Dane Cleaver's 109 , Northern Districts totally fell by the ...